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Androcles, a simple-hearted Christian tailor, becomes friends with a lion by removing a thorn from his paw. Later, the lion saves Androcles and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.
- Musical Comedy
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values.
- 98 min
- 2,2K
- Shadows of the Dark
Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Joe Layton. With Norman Wisdom, Noël Coward, Ed Ames, Brian Bedford. The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.
- (25)
- Musical
- Joe Layton
- 1967-11-15
Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray. With Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young, Robert Newton. Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
- (1,1K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray
- 1953-01-09
Androcles and the Lion. George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values.
Based on George Bernard Shaw's play, an adaptation of the classic folktale, this film follows Androcles (Alan Young), a slave in Ancient Rome who has escaped his bonds and...
- (7)
- Comedy
A musical based on the German fable about Androcles, a meek Christian tailor who crosses the path of an injured lion and removes a painful thorn from its paw. Later, when Androcles and a group of Christians are captured by the Romans and destined to be eaten by lions in the Coliseum, his life...
